Dispenser Villager Trading

Dispenser Villager Trading is a Paper plugin that allows dispensers to perform villager trades automatically.
When a dispenser faces a villager and contains the required ingredients for one of the villager’s trades, it will automatically:

• Select a valid trade (at random, preserving vanilla dispenser behavior),
• Pay the cost using items from its inventory,
• Drop the result behind the dispenser (or insert it into a chest located directly behind it),
• Update villager experience and trade usage as if a player traded manually.

This plugin also adds a villager-only pressure plate that only villagers can activate.

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Features

• Dispenser trading: Dispensers can fulfill any available villager trade — including two-ingredient trades — using their own inventory. Villagers gain experience and trades lock/unlock as normal.
• Player Experience: Players gain experience as if they traded manually when dispensers perform trades. Same as Furnace Experience.
• Villager-only pressure plate: A custom craftable pressure plate (stone pressure plate + emerald) that only villagers can activate.

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Public API (Event System)

A dedicated API module exposes events for other plugins.

The first event is:

DispenserVillagerTradeDepositEvent

This event fires whenever the plugin attempts to deposit a villager trade result into a chest.

Available methods:

public Inventory getSource();
public Inventory getDestination();

public ItemStack getItem();
public void setItem(ItemStack item);

public boolean isCancelled();
public void setCancelled(boolean cancel);

public HandlerList getHandlers();
public static HandlerList getHandlerList();

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Requirements

• Paper 1.21.10 (or any Paper build targeting the 1.21.10 API)
• Java 21 runtime on the server

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Installation

1. Build the plugin JAR (see below) or download one from the releases page.
2. Place the JAR into your server’s plugins/ directory.
3. Start or reload your Paper server.

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Building

This project uses Gradle. Common tasks: You can build only the plugin JAR, copy it to a server, or run a local test server.

• ./gradlew build — Builds the plugin JAR under plugin/build/libs/.
• ./gradlew copyToServer — Builds the JAR and copies it to the server directory specified by SERVER_LOCATION in secrets.properties.

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Configuration

The generated config.yml provides the following option:

• allowVillagerDispenserInteractions (boolean):
  If false, dispensers will not fire when a villager stands in front of them unless a matching trade exists.
  Defaults to false.

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Usage Tips

• Place a dispenser facing a villager, load it with the required trade ingredients, and power it. The plugin selects a valid trade, consumes the payment, and outputs the result behind the dispenser.
• Craft the villager-only pressure plate (stone pressure plate + emerald) to allow villagers — and optionally players — to activate contraptions while preventing other mobs from triggering them.
• Place a chest directly behind the dispenser to automatically collect traded items.

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Notes

The plugin is designed specifically for Paper and may not function correctly on other server types.

It aims to preserve core vanilla behavior while adding helpful mechanics:

• Trades are selected randomly, matching vanilla dispenser behavior.
• Villager experience and trade usage update normally.
• Result items are dispensed naturally, as if fired by a dispenser.
• Additional quality-of-life features:
  • Traded items are dispensed behind the dispenser so villagers don’t pick them up.
  • Chests placed behind the dispenser collect trade outputs automatically.
  • A villager-only pressure plate allows villager-driven redstone without mob interference.

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Future Plans

• Selecting a specific trade via redstone signal strength.
• Moving the villager-only pressure plate to a dedicated plugin. Or adding more pressure plate types.
• Add more events to the public API for deeper integration.
• Add barrels support for trade result collection.
• Add more configuration options to better mimic vanilla behavior.

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Feedback and Contributions

Feedback, issues, and pull requests are welcome!
Visit the GitHub repository: DispenserVillagerTrading